UTICA Greens

I'm not from the area, but I tried them in Utica over the summer and have been obsessed ever since! I actually made them for the second time last night, courtesy of the recipe below:

http://www.recipezaar.com/207667

onthelookoutinqueens in Home Cooking

Searching for pizza in the Bronx...

I second Patricia's - excellent brick oven pizza! Makes me wish I still lived in the Bronx. For non Brick Oven pizza, there are a lot of good options on Morris Park Avenue in general.

onthelookoutinqueens in Outer Boroughs

Lunch near York college

I work in that area as well, and I've found a few decent places in walking distance:

Pio Pio Riko on Hillside and Parsons - I usually get 1/4 chicken with salad and tostones. The green sauce rocks!

I second Margherita for pizza. It's expensive but delicious. Right off of Guy R. Brewer on Jamaica Ave.

Cafe Arts and Carafes - on Jamaica, one block before Sutphin. Decent coffee shop and bakery. It's definitely the most Manhattan-ish eatery in the area. I've been disappointed a few times, but will occasionally order a salad or sandwich.

Jamaica Market Food Court - the chinese restaurant in there is the best I've tried in the neighborhood. Also love the juice bar for shakes. The bakery has excellent red velvet cake, and there's a farmer's market every Friday on the 160th side.

I've heard good thing about, but haven't yet been to - Falafel Station on Hillside next to Pio Pio Riko, Sagar on Hillside and 168th, Puerto Plata on Jamaica Ave near Sutphin.

I've been working in this neighborhood for almost a year, and still on the hunt for more lunch options. If you find anything worth trying, please post!

onthelookoutinqueens in Outer Boroughs